KIRK GIBSON RUMORS & GOSSIP

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#Dbacks manager Kirk Gibson and bench coach Alan Trammell have been relieved of their duties.
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) September 26, 2014
As an extremely forgettable season winds down, the Diamondbacks have relieved manager Kirk Gibson and bench coach Alan Trammell of their duties.
With three games left, the Diamondbacks currently own the worst record...

The Arizona Diamondbacks announced Friday that manager Kirk Gibson and bench coach Alan Trammell have been dismissed from their respective roles. The team will immediately begin a search for a new manager. The Diamondbacks new senior vice president and general manager Dave Stewar, who will be introduced Friday, will have an important role in selecting the new manager, Tony La...

About to wrap up a season that will see them finish with the worst record in baseball, the Arizona Diamondbacks and new executive Tony La Russa have fired manager Kirk Gibson.
Tony La Russa cleans house, as #Diamondbacks fire manager Kirk Gibson and bench coach Alan Trammell http://t.co/xAFcfVtlbz — HardballTalk (@HardballTalk) September 26, 2014
It’s been an incredibly disappointing...

On Thursday, Dave Stewart was hired by the Diamondbacks to be their GM. On Friday, Stewart fired manager Kirk Gibson and bench coach Alan Trammell, ending a tenure that bordered on infuriating at times.
#Dbacks manager Kirk Gibson and bench coach Alan Trammell have been relieved of their duties. — Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) September 26, 2014
This was well-overdue for the...

The Arizona Diamondbacks have narrowed their search for a new general manager.
Several candidates have removed themselves from consideration and are staying with their former team. The latest to do so was Gary LaRocque who elected to remain the farm director for the St. Louis Cardinals Monday.
Varying reports about the Diamondbacks general manager search surfaced Monday. CBS reported...

(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) Sources: LaRussa not yet convinced that #DBacks should fire Gibson, but clubhouse support for manager all but gone. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) September 13, 2014 According to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, the Diamondbacks’ clubhouse support of Kirk Gibson is “all but gone.” If this is truly the case, Gibson should be ready to pack his bags...

According to a report by Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the Arizona Diamondbacks plan on having Kirk Gibson as their manager in 2015.
The #Dbacks currently plan to bring back manager Kirk Gibson for the 2015 season, but Tony La Russa delaying any official announcement.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) August 19, 2014
The Diamondbacks have not officially announced that they will...

PHOENIX -- Arizona manager Kirk Gibson still has a special place in his heart -- and in Comerica Park -- for the Detroit Tigers.
He's had Tigers' season tickets since the early 1980s, and he attended playoff games there the last two years. The fact that former owner Tom Monaghan once called him "a disgrace to the Tiger uniform with his half-beard, half-stubble" is water under the...

Throughout the Diamondbacks' early season struggles, many pundits have gone out of their way to absolve manager Kirk Gibson as the scapegoat for the team's 5-18 record following Tueday night's loss in Chicago.
But Gibson, earlier Tuesday, said should shoulder some blame if things don't turn around quickly.
"If we don't start winning games in the end I should be held accountable,...

Will Ferrell appeared as Ron Burgundy on Thursday's episode of the Dan Patrick Show as part of his promotional tour for the upcoming release of Anchorman 2. As part of the appearance, Patrick asked "Burgundy" to reread the play-by-play calls of some of the most famous sports moments from the 1980s.Naturally, Burgundy's take on the calls of Kirk Gibson's 1984 World Series home run...

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